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JIM SIMONS | A PASSING | Greg Olds and the Gang of Six: An Abiding Memory
By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | August 25, 2023 AUSTIN — A dear friend passed in June at 86. Greg Olds was a quiet, thoughtful person. Even though he was very sick, he assured us he was fine. No … Continue reading
ALICE EMBREE | BOOKS | ‘The Ad Hoc Livers’ by Jim Simons
Simons’ book is a great trip down memory lane with a few name changes to protect the not-so-innocent. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 17, 2023 Jim Simons’ novel, Ad Hoc Livers, is now available on Amazon … Continue reading
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BOOKS | Ken Carpenter’s ‘Borderlands Boy’
Ken’s whole adult life has been that of a man of unflinchingly high principle. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2018 AUSTIN — It is said that senior citizens, as we are called, see our lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Activists, Books, Borderlands Boy, Greg Calvert, Jim Simons, Ken Carpenter, LGBT, Memoir, Rag Bloggers
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The three-state solution
We are complicit in the apartheid and occupation imposed on the Palestinian people. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | May 20, 2018 The thing Trump loves best is attention. Perhaps for that reason it has become easy for … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel-Gaza Conflict, Jim Simons, Middle East, Palestinian Occupation, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | Citizen James, Austin’s loss
James Gardner was pure Old Austin, and a quintessential beatnik. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | November 1, 2016 AUSTIN — One of Austin’s most distinctive, identifiable, and interesting citizens died a few weeks ago. James Gardner had … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, James Gardner, Jim Simons, Metro, Obituaries, Rag Bloggers, Remembrance
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The passing of Scalia: A requiem for Caesar
There is no escaping the fact that Justice Scalia did more to harm this country than any other Supreme Court judge in history. By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | February 16, 2016 “The evil that men do lives … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonin Scalia, Bush V. Gore, Citizens United, Deaths, Jim Simons, Rag Bloggers, Supreme Court
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Jim Simons : Judge Bill Kilgarlin Was a Different Kind of Friend
Judge William Wayne Kilgarlin. Image from the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin.Bill Kilgarlin:A different kind of friend On the Texas Supreme Court he showed his values and commitments had not changed and Texas was better for it. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Kilgarlin, Deaths, Jim Simons, Judiciary, Liberal Democrats, Texas History, Texas Politics, Texas Supreme Court
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Jim Simons : Ralph Nader Was Right
Graphic from AboveTopSecret.comRalph Nader was right:No more voting for the ‘lesser evil’ When will we stop doing the same thing every four years and marveling that the results are not different? By Jim Simons | The Rag Blog | September … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Electoral politics, Jim Simons, Obama Presidency, Third Party Politics, Two Party System
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JIm Simons : Remembering Cam Cunningham
Former Movement lawyer Cam Cunningham passed away this month. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Defending the Movement:Remembering Cam Cunningham In 1971 we cleaned out our firm bank account and took off by car to the May Day action … Continue reading
Jim Simons : Sargent Shriver and the Forgotten War Against Poverty
Sargent Shriver. Photo from Time/Life. Sargent Shriver, warrior against poverty (1915-2011) R. Sargent Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the War on Poverty, ambassador to France and, less successfully, running … Continue reading
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Tagged JFK, Jim Simons, LBJ, Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver, Sixties, War on Poverty
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METRO | Nancy Simons : Finding
‘Democracy Now!’
When ‘Democracy Now!’ disappeared from Austin public access television, we worked to get it back. By Nancy Simons | The Rag Blog | July 30, 2014 AUSTIN — Years ago, the first time my husband and I watched Democracy Now!, … Continue reading
